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7 GallienusGALLIENUS
BI Antoninianus.
Sole reign, 253-268 AD

O: GALLIENVS AVG, radiate bust right

R: LIBERO P CONS AVG, panther walking left.

RIC 230, RSC 586; Sear 10281. aVF
Sosius
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ROME
PB Tessera (20mm, 4.24 g, 12h)
Bacchus standing right, holding thrysus; panther to right(?)
AVG
Cf. Rostovtsev 92 (smaller)

The obverse might alternately depict Diana with a stag, but she is not generally shown holding a staff.
Ardatirion
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(0117) HADRIAN117 - 138 AD
Struck 126/7
AE obol 18.5 mm; 4.33 g
O: Laureate bust of Hadrian right
R: Panther standing right, head inverted to left; date above.
Egypt, Alexandria; cf. Geissen 974. Kampmann-Ganschow 134, 32.443
laney
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(0193) SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS193 - 211 AD
AE 16 mm, 1.75 g
O: laureate bust right
R: panther walking right, CICT below
Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum
laney
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(0193) SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS193 - 211 AD
AE 26 mm 9.84 g
O: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from rear
R: Dionysos standing front, head left, with raised left hand on ribboned thyrsos and
pouring from kantharos with right hand;
panther at lower left (?)
Moesia Inferior, Nikopolis ad Istrum

laney
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(0198) CARACALLA198 - 217 AD
AE 27 mm; 13.08 g
O: Caracalla, Laureate Head R
R: Pan standingg facing right, holding pedum in right hand and lionskin over left shoulder, left foot on panther
Thrace, Hadrianopolis cf Vabanov 3567; Rare
d.s.
laney
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(0198) CARACALLA / PAN and PANTHER Caracalla/Pan and Panther
198 - 217 AD
AE 26mm 10.81g
O: AVT K M AVR CEV ANTWNE[INOC]
Caracalla, Laureate Head R
R: ADRIANO[POLEITWN]
Pan stg facing L, hldg pedum in R hand and lionskin over L shoulder, L foot on panther
Hadrianopolis
Varbanov 3567; Jurukova 2, 320 Rare
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(0198) CARACALLA--PAN/PANTHER Caracalla/Pan and Panther
Caracalla/Pan and Panther
198 - 217 AD
AE 26mm 10.81g
O: AVT K M AVR CEV ANTWNE[INOC]
Caracalla, Laureate Head R
R: ADRIANO[POLEITWN]
Pan stg facing L, hldg pedum in R hand and lionskin over L shoulder, L foot on panther
Hadrianopolis
Jurokova S. 170 Rare
laney
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(0218) ELAGABALUS218 - 222 AD
AE 26.5 mm 9.24 g
O: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
R: Pan, with horns and legs of a goat, standing left, looking right, holding pedum and syrinx; left foot on panther lying on its back.
MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum AMNG 1933
laney
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(0218) ELAGABALUS218 - 222 AD
AE 26.5 mm 9.24 g
O: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right
R: Pan, with horns and legs of a goat, standing left, looking right, holding pedum and syrinx; left foot on panther lying on its back.
MOESIA INFERIOR, Nicopolis ad Istrum AMNG 1933
laney
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026a12. Septimius SeverusAR denarius. AD 197 AD. Obv: L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head right. Rev: LIBERO PATRI, Liber standing half right, looking left, right hand on head, panther at foot left. RIC IV 112a; BMCRE 249; RSC 305.lawrence c
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027p Traianus (98-117 A.D.), Thrace, Perinthos, Moushmov 4438, AE-20, ΠEPINΘIΩN•, Dionysus standing left, #1027p Traianus (98-117 A.D.), Thrace, Perinthos, Moushmov 4438, AE-20, ΠEPINΘIΩN•, Dionysus standing left, #1
avers: AVTOKP N TPAIAOC CEB•Γ•Γ•Δ•, Laureate head right, slight drapery on the left shoulder.
reverse: ΠEPIN ΘIΩN•, Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus (or grapes) over lighted altar (or panther), and thyrsus, star on the left field.
exergue: */-//--, diameter: 20-21 mm, weight: 3,94g, axis: 7h,
mint: Thrace, Perinthos, date: A.D.,
ref: Moushmov 4438, SNG Cop 736, Mionnet II 1191,
Q-001
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031a03. Severus AlexanderÆ 31mm of Ninica Claudiopolis, Cilicia. AD 222-235. IMP CAЄS M AVR SЄV[…], laureate and cuirassed bust to right / COL IVL AVG FEL NINIC CLA[VΔI], Dionysos, holding kantharos and thyrsos, seated on biga drawn by panthers to left, being led by Silenus. RPC VI Online 6899 (temporary); SNG von Aulock 5770-1; SNG Levante 614 = SNG BnF 787. 12.80g, 31mm, 1h. Roma Numismatics Auc 102, Lot 748 (Nov 2022)lawrence c
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036a02. Gordian IIIAE 21.6mm, 8.18 g. Berytus, Phoenicia. Obv: IMP GORDIANVS AVG COS I, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: COL IVL AVG FEL BER, Dionysos standing facing, head left, holding rhyton and thyrsos, panther at foot. BMC Phoenicia, p. 89, 245; Rouvier 604. A FORUM coin.lawrence c
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036b01. TranquillinaCilicia, Tarsus. AE32mm, 19.61 g. Obv: CABINЄIAN TPANKVΛΛЄINAΝ CЄB / Π – Π, Draped bust right, w/stephane and on crescent. Rev: TAPCOV MHTPOΠOΛЄΩC A M K / Γ B. Dionysos stnd left, holding filleted thyrsus and pouring cantharus; panther left, head right. RPC VII.2 - (unassigned; ID 65803); SNG BN 1725; SNG Levante 1148 var. (arrangement of rev. legend). Naumann Auction 100, Lot 392.lawrence c
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064 - Septimius Severus Ae As - RIC 764AObv:- SEVERVS PIVS AVG P M TR P XII, Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right
Rev:- To left, Bacchus standing right, holding cup and thyrsos, a panther at his feet; to right, Hercules standing left, holding club and lion's skin; on cippus between them, COS / III / LVD / SAEC / FEC , in exergue, S C.
Minted in Rome in A.D. 204 to celebrate the Seacular games with Septimus' hometown gods Liber and Hercules as patrons of his games.
Reference:- RIC IV, Part 1, No. 764A (Rated R2)

A rough example but a rare type.

Curtis Clay's die catalogue includes ten specimens of this coin, all from the same obverse die, nine of them from the same reverse die of this coin, one from a second reverse die.
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064 - Septimius Severus denarius - RIC 032Obv:- L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP III, Laureate head right
Rev:- LIBERO PATRI, Bacchus (Liber) standing half-left, holding oenochoe and thyrsos; on left, panther standing left, head turned back to catch drips from jug
Minted in Rome. A.D. 194
Reference:- BMCRE 64. RIC 32 (Scarce). RSC 301
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082d Gallienus. AE antoninianusobv: GALLIENVS AVG rad. bust r.
rev: LEBRO P CONS AVG panther walking l., invokes the protection
of liber against the revot of Aureolus
ex: B
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090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Rome, RIC V-I 230, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//B, LIBERO P CONS AVG, Panther left, #1090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Rome, RIC V-I 230, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//B, LIBERO P CONS AVG, Panther left, #1
avers: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right.
reverse: LIBERO P CONS AVG, Panther walking left, right legs forwards.
exergue: -/-//B, diameter: 18,0-19,0mm, weight: 2,84g, axis: h,
mint: Rome, date: 267-268 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 230, p-151, Göbl 713f,
Q-001
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090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Rome, RIC V-I 230, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//B, LIBERO P CONS AVG, Panther left, #2090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Rome, RIC V-I 230, AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//B, LIBERO P CONS AVG, Panther left, #2
avers: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right.
reverse: LIBERO P CONS AVG, Panther walking left, right legs forwards.
exergue: -/-//B, diameter: 18,4-19,7mm, weight: 2,39g, axis: 0h,
mint: Rome, date: 267-268 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 230, p-151, Göbl 713f,
Q-002
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090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Rome, RIC V-I 230var., AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//B, LIBERO•P•CONS AVG, Panther left, #1090b Gallienus (253-268 A.D.), Rome, RIC V-I 230var., AE-Antoninianus, Sole Reign, -/-//B, LIBERO•P•CONS AVG, Panther left, #1
avers: GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right.
reverse: LIBERO•P•CONS AVG, Panther walking left, right legs forwards.
exergue: -/-//B, diameter: 19,0-21,0mm, weight: 3,82g, axis: 11h,
mint: Rome, date: 267-268 A.D.,
ref: RIC V-I 230, p-151, Göbl 713b,
Q-001
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106. CommodusCommodus

According to Gibbon, the emperor Commodus spent the early years of his reign "in a seraglio of three hundred beautiful women and as many boys, of every rank and of every province." Later, adding bloodshed to his round of pleasures, he launched a career in murder, beginning with the dispatch of the usual senators, ministers and family members and continuing with the slaughter of beasts. Styling himself the Roman Hercules, he went as a performer into the amphitheater, where he cut down before the public a number of ostriches, a panther, a hundred lions, an elephant, a rhinoceros and a giraffe. He then entered the lists as a gladiator. Commodus fought 735 times and paid himself such a high fee for each appearance that a new tax had to be levied. He was strangled by a wrestler while drunk.

Denarius. 192 AD. L AEL AVREL COMM AVG P FEL, laureate head right / P M TR P XVII IMP VIII COS VII P P, Fides standing left holding standard & cornucopiae, star right. RSC 583a. RIC 233
ecoli
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107 - Gallienus - RIC 230Obv:– GALLIENVS AVG, Radiate head right
Rev:– LIBERO P CONS AVG, Panther walking left
Minted in Rome (B in exe). A.D. 260-268
Reference(s) – Göbl 713b. RIC V Part 1, 230

3.31 gms, 22.72mm. 0 degrees
maridvnvm
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1450A Hadrian, Cistophorus Uncertain mint in Asia Minor 130 AD Dionysus/Bacchus standingReference.
RPC III, 1450A; Metcalf 99 var. (drapery); RIC II 485 VAR.

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bare bust right, drapery on left shoulder

Rev. COS III
Dionysus draped standing front head l. emptying oinochoe over panther on l. and holding thyrsus in r.; panther looks left

8.41 gr
28 mm
6h
okidoki
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1450A Hadrian, Cistophorus Uncertain mint in Asia Minor 130 AD Dionysus/Bacchus standingReference.
RPC III, 1450A; Metcalf 99 var. (drapery); RIC II 485 var.

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bare bust right, drapery on left shoulder

Rev. COS III
Dionysus draped standing front head l. emptying oinochoe over panther on l. and holding thyrsus in r.; panther looks left

10.51 gr
29 mm
7h
okidoki
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1450B Hadrian, Cistophorus Uncertain mint in Asia Minor 130 AD Dionysus standingReference.
RPC III, 1450B; Metcalf 99 var.; RIC II 485 var.

HADRIANVS-AVGVSTVS P P,
Laureate, draped bust right

Rev. COS-III
Bacchus standing facing, head left, emptying oenochoe in right hand over panther seated left at feet to left, scepter in left hand.

10.30 gr
29 mm
7h

Note.
Host coin countermarked by Vespasian.
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1484D Hadrian, Cistophorus Uncertain mint in Asia Minor 130 AD Dionysus standingReference.
RPC III, 1484D.; RIC 485; Metcalf 99 var. (no omphalus)

Obv. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS P P
Bare head right

Rev. COS III
Dionysus draped standing front head l. emptying oinochoe over panther on l. and holding thyrsus in r.; panther looks left, serpent entwined around omphalus behind

10.68 gr
27 mm
6h
okidoki
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194 AD - SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AR denariusobv: L SEPT SEV PERT - AVG IMP III (laureate head right)
rev: LIBERO PATRI (Bacchus [Liber] standing left, holding oenochoe [wine-cup] over panther on left and thyrsus in other hand)
ref: RIC IVi, 32 (S), RSC 301 (5frcs)
mint: Rome
2.89 gms, 17 mm
Rare

In Roman mythology, Liber was originally associated with husbandry and crops, but then was assimilated with Dionysos. He is the consort of Ceres and the father of the goddess Libera. His festival, the Liberalia, was on 17 March when young men celebrated the arrival of manhood.
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194_Septimius_Severus_As_RIC_666_1Septimius Severus (193 – 211 AD)
AE As, Rome, 194
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP II;
Laureate head right
DIS AVSPICIB TR P II, COS II P P in exergue, S-C;
Hercules, holding club and lion skin, and Bacchus, holding cup and thyrsus, standing left, side by siede, panther at feet of Bacchus
10,03 gr, 24 mm
RIC IVa, 666; BMC V, 501; C. 117
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2009-Szentendre - roman cemeteryAt the end of the 2nd century a syrian archer troop with 1000 members [cohors I. miliaria Aur. Ant. Surorum sagittariorum] settled here against the sarmatians who lived to the opposite riverside of the Danube. It needed a similar capability troop, than the archer-rider sarmatians, who often crossed over the frozen river to pillage.
This stone relief with a panther (?) probably had a syrian officer.
berserker
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21.78. András II., (Andreas II.), King of Hungary, (1205-1235 A.D.), CÁC III. 21.78.1.1., H-263, CNH I.-223, U-189, AR-Denarius (Obulus?), Rare! #0121.78. András II., (Andreas II.), King of Hungary, (1205-1235 A.D.), CÁC III. 21.78.1.1., H-263, CNH I.-223, U-189, AR-Denarius (Obulus?), Rare! #01
avers: The sitting king of the front, grasped with both hands neck and tail of a dragon, border of dots.
reverse: Standing king with a sword, panther looking backward, border of dots.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 10,5-11,5mm, weight: 0,22 g, axis: 3h,
mint: Esztergom , date: A.D., ref: Huszár-263, CNH I.-223, Unger-189,
CÁC III. 21.78.1.1., Rare!
Q-001
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2126 IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum Hadrian, Dionysus standingReference.
RPC III, 2126/6; Schultz Magnesia 96; SNG Copenhagen 864; Prowe III 957

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС СΕ
Laureate head of Hadrian, right

Rev. ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ
Dionysus standing l., holding cantharus in r. hand, l. resting on thyrsus; at his feet, l., panther

4.84 gr
19 mm
12h
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22.69. Béla IV., King of Hungary, (1235-1270 A.D.), CÁC III. 22.69.1.1., H-339, CNH I.-360, U-256B, AR-Denarius, #0122.69. Béla IV., King of Hungary, (1235-1270 A.D.), CÁC III. 22.69.1.1., H-339, CNH I.-360, U-256B, AR-Denarius, #01
avers: Cross with dots at the ends, on crescent, between two crowned heads facing, line border.
reverse: Animal (Panther?) advancing right, line border.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 12,5mm, weight: 0,53g, axis: 9h,
mint: , date: 1235-1270 A.D., ref: Huszár-339, CNH I.-360, Unger-256B,
CÁC III. 22.69.1.1.,
Q-001
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22.72. Béla IV., King of Hungary, (1235-1270 A.D.), CÁC III. 22.72.1.1., H-340, CNH I.-361, U-256C, AR-Obulus, #0122.72. Béla IV., King of Hungary, (1235-1270 A.D.), CÁC III. 22.72.1.1., H-340, CNH I.-361, U-256C, AR-Obulus, #01
avers: Cross at the ends, on crescent, between two crowned heads facing, line border.
reverse: Animal (Panther?) advancing right, line border.
exergue: -/-//--, diameter: 9,5mm, weight: 0,28g, axis: 9h,
mint: , date: 1235-1270 A.D., ref: Huszár-340, CNH I.-361, Unger-256C,
CÁC III. 22.72.1.1.,
Q-001
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250 GallienusGallienus Billon Antoninianus. Siscia mint. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head right / LIBERO P CONS AVG, Panther walking left, B in ex. Cohen 586. RIC 574 4 commentsRandygeki(h2)
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2544 LYDIA, Saitta Sabina, Dionysos standingReference.
RPC III 2544/9; Wa 5172; Paris 1060; BMC -; SNG Cop. -; SNG v. Aulock 8246

Obv. ϹΑΒΕΙΝΑ ϹΕΒΑϹΤΗ
Draped bust of Sabina, right

Rev. ϹΑΙΤΤΗΝΩΝ
Dionysus standing l., holding cantharus in his r. hand, l. resting on thyrsus; at his feet, panther

4.10 gr
18 mm
6h

Note.
ex Slg. Rolf Jovy, erworben 1968 von Münzen & Medaillen
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494C Vibius Varus c.42 BC
AR denarius
Obv Head of Bacchus right
Rev "C VIBIVS VARVS"
Panther springing left towards altar, surmounted by Bacchic mask and thyrsus
Rome mint
Crawford 494/36
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5691 EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian Obol 126-27 AD PantherReference.
Emmett 1167.11; RPC III, 5691/32; Köln 974; Dattari 2040 and Pl. XXXII, 2040 Dattari-Savio Pl. 101, 2040 (this coin).

Issue L ΙΑ = year 11

Obv. ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙ - ΤΡΑΙ ΑΔΡΙΑ СƐΒ
Laureate head of Hadrian r., drapery on l. shoulder

Rev. L ΙΑ
Panther standing, r., head l.

5.18 gr
19 mm
12h

Note.
From the Dattari Collection.
okidoki
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82-07 - GALIENO (253 - 268 D.C.)Billon Antoniniano 23 x 19 mm 2.8 gr.

Anv: "GALLIENVS AVG" - Cabeza radiada viendo a derecha.
Rev: "LIBERO P CONS AVG" – Pantera/Tigre caminando hacia la izquierda. "B" en exergo.
Este tipo fué acuñado en 267/268 D.C. para conmemorar votos a Liber invocando su protección contra la revuelta de Aureolo.

Acuñada 267 - 269 D.C.
Ceca: Roma
Rareza: C

Referencias:
RIC Vol.V Parte I #230 Pag.151 - Sear RCTV Vol.III #10281 - Sear RCTV (1988) #2978 - Cohen Vol.V #586 Pag.396 - DVM #153 Pag.247 - RSC Vol.IV #586 Pag.82 - Cunieto #1341 (198 ex) - Göbl 713b (123 ex) - Cayón #161
mdelvalle
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82-11 - GALIENO (253 - 268 D.C.)AE Antoniniano 23 x 19 mm 2.8 gr.

Anv: "GALLIENVS AVG" - Cabeza radiada viendo a derecha.
Rev: "LIBERO P CONS AVG" – Pantera/Tigre caminando hacia la izquierda. "B" en exergo.
Este tipo fué acuñado en 267/268 D.C. para conmemorar votos a Liber invocando su protección contra la revuelta de Aureolo.

Acuñada 267 - 268 D.C.
Ceca: 2do.taller de Roma
Rareza: C

Referencias: RIC Vol.V Parte I #230 Pag.151 - Sear RCTV Vol.III #10281 Pag.295 - Sear RCTV (1988) #2978 - Cohen Vol.V #586 Pag.396 - DVM #153 Pag.247 - RSC Vol.IV #586 Pag.82 - Cunieto #1341 (198 ex) - Göbl 713b (123 ex) - Cayón #161 - Hunter #112
mdelvalle
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Amisos in Pontos, AE 20 120-80 BCReference.
RegGen 24. (p.53); SNGBMC 1209

Obv.
head of Dionysos right

Rev. AMISOU
cista mystica, on which rest panther skin and thyrsus

with monograms

8.84 gr
20 mm
okidoki
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Amisos SNG BM 1200Obv: head of Dionysos right (with features of Mithradates VI), wearing ivy-wreath
Rev: AMIΣOY, cista mystica, on which rests panther skin and thyrsos, no monograms
Mint: Amisos (Samsun, Turkey) mint, c. 85 - 65 B.C.
Size: 8.097 g, 19.8 mm, die axis 0o
Ids: SNG BM 1200; BMC Pontus, p. 17, 52; Rec Gen p. 65, 24; SGCV II 3640; HGC 7 243
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Amisos SNG BM 1209Obv: head of Dionysos right, wearing ivy wreath
Rev: reverse AMIΣOY, cista mystica, on which rests panther skin and thyrsos, monograms left and upper right
Mint: Amisos (Samsun, Turkey) mint, c. 100 - 80 B.C.
Size: 7.596 g, 20.7 mm, die axis 45o,
Ids: SNG BM 1209; SNG Stancomb 699; SNGvA 60; BMC Pontus, p. 18, 56; Rec Gen p. 65, 24; SGCV II 3640; HGC 7 243
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Amisos, Pontos90 - 80 B.C.
Bronze Denomination D
8.5 gm, 20.9 mm
Obv.: Head of Dionysos right, wearing mitra and wreathed with ivy
Rev.: Thyros leaning against cista mystica draped with panther skin wth fillet and bell. Monograms to left and right; AMIΣOY across lower field.
HGC vol. 7, 243
SNG Black Sea 1200-1209;
BMC 13, p.17, 51-58;
Sear 3640

Struck under Mithradates VI

Jaimelai
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Amisos, Pontos AE 20 SNG BM1202, Cista MysticaOBV: Head of youthful Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy
REV: AMISOU, Cista mystica with panther skin, diadem and thyrsos. Monogram to left
8.8g, 21mm

Minted at Amisos, 85-65 BC
5 commentsLegatus
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Amulet of Bes1st century BC - 1st century AD
1.25" tall

A small terracotta amulet of the god Bes, from Roman Egypt.

Bes was an apotropaic deity, the protector of the home. As such He is often depicted on everyday household items such as chairs, pottery, or even on the walls of the house itself.
Shown here wearing His plumed headdress and panther skin, Bes (possibly from the Nubian “Besa“, or ‘Protector‘) may have originally been a cat god. Why He evolved into a dwarf is not known.


Update;
This item donated to the Hallie Ford museum in Salem Oregon.

Enodia
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Anatolia, (Uncertain City)c. 400 B.C.
Silver Obol
0.59 gm, 8.2 mm
Obv.: Facing head of panther
Rev.: Quadripartite incuse square
- uncertain mint -
SNG Keckman II 340;
Forum Purchase GA55058

Experts are uncertain which city struck this type.
1 commentsJaimelai
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anazsnglevante1431Elagabalus
Anazarbos, Cilicia

Obv: ΑΥΤ Κ [Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤΩΝƐΙΝΟ]Ϲ ϹƐ-Β. radiate head right.
Rev: ΑΝΑΖΑΡ (ΜΗ)ΤΡΟ, Γ/Β in left field, A/Μ/Κ in right field. Dionysos standing left, kantharos in right hand, thrysos in left, panther at feet left.
23 mm, 6.04 gms

SNG Levante 1431, Ziegler 366, RPC VI online 7314
Charles M
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Anonymous, Tripolis, Lydia, Assarion, TPIΠOΛεITΩNAE Assarion
Greek Imperial: Tripolis, Lydia
Anonymous
Issued: 3rd Century AD
22.00mm 5.91gr 6h
O: NO LEGEND; Turreted, draped bust of Tyche, right.
R: TPIΠOΛεI-TΩN; Dionysus standing left, holding kantharos over panther and thyrsos.
Tripolis, Lydia Mint
GRPC Lydia 79; Prowe III, 1587.
Art & Coins Auction 8, Lot 337.
10/18/22 1/18/23
Nicholas Z
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Antininus Pius PhilippopolisObverse inscriptionΑV Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ(Α) ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ(ΟϹ) laureate head of Antoninus Pius,
Reverse:ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛΕΙΤ(ΩΝ) nude Dionysus standing, l., holding cantharus (over panther) and long filleted thyrsus.
diameter18mm
Reference: Mouchmov, Philip. 66–70 and 75, BMC 9
Canaan
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Antiochos VI, Dionysos, 145 - 142 BC Obv: No legend; radiate head of Antiochos facing right.

Rev: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY / ΣTA above, EΠIΦANOYΣ / ΔIONYΣOY in exergue; Panther standing right holding a palm branch.

Serrated Æ 18, Antioch mint, c. 145 - 142 BC

4.5 grams, 17.98 mm, 90°

GCV II 7083
Matt Inglima
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Antiochus VI 144 - 142/1 B.C.Seleukid Kingdom, Antiochus VI, 144 - 142 or 141 B.C. Serrated, Ae 21.9~23.2mm. 4.29g. Antioch mint. Obv: Laureate and radiate head of Antiochus right. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOΥ EΠIΦANOΥΣ ΔIONΥΣOΥ, panther walking left, broken arrow in mouth, right forepaw raised, ΣTA above hindquarters, cornucopia right. SNG Spaer 1773, SGCV II 7083, SC 2007b, Houghton 241.ddwau
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Antiochus VI Dionysos 144-142 B.C.Antiochus VI Dionysos 144-142 B.C. Ar 13.1~13.7mm. 1.95g. Hemidrachm (144 – mid 143 B.C.), Apamea on the Orontes mint. Obv: Diademed and radiate head of Antiochus VI r., dotted border. Rev: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY, EΠIΦANOYΣ ΔIONYΣOY, Panther standing left, raising foreleg; Controls (in ex.) SC 2012.ddwau
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Antiochus VI Dionysus, 144 - c. 142 BC. AE 18.Antiochus VI Dionysus, 144 - c. 142 BC
Obv. Radiate head of Antiochos VI right.
Rev. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ, ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ∆ΙΟΝΥΣΟΥ , Panther walking left, forepaw raised, broken spear in mouth, ΣΤΑ above right
1 commentsLee S
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Antiochus VI, Panther, AE17Antiochus VI, 145-142 B.C. 17mm, 3.1g. Obverse: Radiate bust of Antiochos VI right. Reverse: Panther advancing left holding a palm branch "BASILEWS ANTIOCOU EPIFANOU. Spaer SNG 1784. 1 commentsPodiceps
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Antoninianus. RSC 0586v. Rome.Obv. Radiate head right GALLIENVS AVG
Rev. Panther walking right, B in exe. LIBERO P CONS AVG. B in ex.
RSC 586variant. Rome mint.
LordBest
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Antoninus pius Thrace, Philippopolis. Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. AE As­sarion (3.94 gm, 18mm). Obv.: [ΑΥ Τ ΑΙ ΑΔΡΙ] ΑΝΤΩΝΕΙΝ, laureate head right. Rev.: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΠΟΛEΙΤΩΝ, nude Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus over panther and long filleted thyrsus. Mouchmov, Philippopolis 66-70 and 75, BMC 9: RPC Online 7441. VF.Paul R3
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Asia Minor, Kilikia, Anazarbus, Valerian I, DionysosValerian I
Cilicia, Anazarbus
Æ 30mm
Dated CY 272 (253/4).
Obv.: AVT K Π ΛIK OVAΛЄPIANOC CЄ, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Rev.: ANASAPBOV MHTPO / Γ - Γ / ЄT BOC A M K, Dionysos, raising hand over head and holding filleted thyrsus, reclining on panther right, head left.
AE, 30mm, 18.34g
Ref.: Ziegler, Anazarbos, 829.1 [dies Vs2/Rs4] (this coin cited), SNG BN 2158

ex auction Knopek, lot 420 (December 1979)
ex Kölner Münzkabinett Tyll Kroha, auction 49, lot 546 (1989)
ex Jacquier list 12, lot 222 (1990)
ex Dr. P. Vogl Collection
ex Numismatik Naumann, auction 63, lot 167 (2018)
shanxi
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Asia Minor, Lydia, SardeisLydia, Sardeis
AE 17, after 133 BC
Obv.: Wreathed head of young Dionysos right
Rev.: Wild animal (lion, panther or mythical creature) walking left, head facing, broken spear in mouth; ΣΑΡΔΙ/ΑΝΩΝ above, monogram below.
AE, 17 mm, 4.47g
Ref.: SNG Cop 464-465var, (monogram)
Ex Gitbud&Naumann
1 commentsshanxi
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Augusta Traiana Caracalla Sicinnius Clarus Caracalla

Q. Sicinnius Clarus Po[ntianus?] 202AD

AE29 15.00g

Ob: AVT K M AVPHΛIOC / ANTΩNINOC
Laureate draped and cuirassed bust right

Rx: HΓ C[IKIN KΛAPOV AV] | ΓO[VCTHC TPAIA]
Ex: NHC
Dionysos standing left holding thyrsos and kantharos, panther at feet

Schönert-Geiss Die Münzpragung von Augusta Traiana und Traianopolis p.87 #221 1 example Sophia 5932(rx 193 depicted Tafel 21); Mionnet S. 2 –; BMC-; Varbanov (E) II p.104,1238 (not depicted); SNG Cop. -; Hunter -; Pozzi-; Lindgren Europe-; Lindgren III -
rennrad12020
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AUSTRIA - OTTOKAR IIAUSTRIA - OTTOKAR II as King (1261-1276) AR Pfennig. Obv.: Crowned angel over tower.
Rev.: Crowned winged head over deer and panther. Reference: Luschin #84.
dpaul7
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AUSTRIA -- Ottokar II as KingAUSTRIA -- Ottokar II as King (1261-1276) AR Pfennig. Vienna mint. Obv.: Panther left with sword. Rev.: Ibex right. Reference: Luschin 71a.dpaul7
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Austria. Frederich the Handsome, Duke of Austria and Styria (1308-1330). Luschin/Szego 159.

AR Pfennig, Wiener Neustadt mint, 15-16 mm.

Obv: Austrian shield inside six-petalled rose.

Rev: Shield of Austria between two panthers.

“Until the 12th century, coins were needed above all for exports; daily transactions were generally barter transactions. As the economy began to operate increasingly on the principle of the division of labor and as cities began to grow, money started to acquire more and more importance for regional trade. Municipal records show that even in Austria under Babenberg rule, money payments to feudal lords began to replace payments in kind. The growing monetarization of society ushered in a new phase in the history of coins. Monetary systems became regionalized. The denar, formerly used for external trade and exports, was replaced by the regional pfennig. New monetary borders came into existence, within which the rulers with coinage rights tried to enforce the compulsory, exclusive use of their own coins. Under Babenberg rule, the Vienna pfennig was accorded the role of regional money used in Austria. The Vienna pfennig came into its own when the mint was moved from Krems to Vienna at the end of the 12th century. It served as a means of payment for daily monetary transactions and remained a monetary unit even when large foreign coins were used to settle the growing volume of trade transactions – gold coins such as the Venetian or Florentine ducat and large silver coins like the Prague groschen. In the course of the 14th century, it became established as a currency in nearly the entire area covered by modern-day Austria, with the exception of Tyrol and Vorarlberg.” (“Money and Trade during the Era of the Silver Pfennig.” Oesterreichische Nationalbank

“It is assumed that most of the 13th and 14th century reverses are not legible at all. This is entirely normal as the obverses were usually struck after the reverses.” (Szego, at 52).

Frederick the Handsome (Friedrich der Schöne), from the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria and Styria from 1308 as Frederick I as well as King of Germany (King of the Romans) from 1314 (antiking until 1325) as Frederick III until his death.
Stkp
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BacchusSeptimius Severus
Denarius

Laureate, right, L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VIII
Liber standing left, crowning himself, panther at his feet, LIBERO PATRI

RIC 99
Blindado
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Baktria, Agathokles. Dionysos & Panther Nickel Didrachm.Agathokles. 185-170 BC. CU-NI Didrachm (8.08 gm, 24.6mm, 12h). Draped bust of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy, thysos at shoulder. / Panther standing right, paw raised to touch vine. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ. Monogram ⩚ inside O to left. VF. CNG EA99 #56. Dark toning. Bopearachchi Série 5B; HGC 12 #94; MIG 1 Type 147a; Sear Greek 7557; SNG ANS 9 #236-237; SNG Cop 7 (Parthia-India) #266.Anaximander
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Baktria, Agathokles. Dionysos & Panther Nickel Didrachm.Agathokles. 171-160 BC. CU-NI Didrachm (7.92 gm, 22.7mm, 12h) of Baktra. Draped bust of young Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy, thysos at shoulder. / Panther standing right, paw raised to touch vine. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΟΝΤΟΣ-ΑΓΑΘΟΚΛΕΟΣ, monogram to left. aVF.
Bopearachchi Série 5; HGC 12 #94; Sear Greek 7557; SNG ANS 9 #236-237; SNG Cop 7 (Parthia-India) #266.
Anaximander
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Baktria, Pantaleon. Dionysos & Panther Nickel Didrachm. Pantaleon. 185-180 BC. Cu-Ni Didrachm (7.91 gm, 25.4mm, 12h) of Baktra. Draped bust of young Dionysios right, wreathed with ivy, thysos at shoulder. / Panther standing right, paw raised to touch vine. ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΑΝΤΑΛΕΟΝΤΟΣ (traces of same legend below) Monogram ⩚ inside 🝊 to left. nVF. Boperachchi Série 4B #1; HGC 12 #103; MIG 1 Type 160; Sear Greek 7563. cf SNG ANS 9 #262 (ΦΙ monogram).Anaximander
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BCC CG12 Eros Lamp FragmentCeramic Fragment
1st - 4nd century CE?
Pottery fragment, probably part
of an oil lamp, with winged Eros
seated right, on Panther. Traces
remain of a dark colored slip.
From the beach south of
Caesarea Maritima, 1972.
3.8 cm. x 3.0 cm.
v-drome
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BCC CM34 Trebonianus GallusRoman Provincial
Caesarea Maritima
Trebonianus Gallus 251-253 CE
Obv:[IMP C C VIB] GALLVS
[P F AVG ] Laur. bust right.
Rev: COL P F AVG [FC CAES METR S PAL]
Dionysus standing left, holding cantharus
and thyrsus, panther at feet.
AE22mm. 9.85g. Axis:210
Kadman 210
Surface find Caesarea Maritima, 1976
v-drome
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BCC LT24Lead Tessera
Caesarea Maritima
Obv: Demeter facing, head turned right,
holding torch (and grain).
Rev: Dionysus standing left, thyrsus in
left hand, (?) in right, Panther at feet.
The tetrastyle temple represented on coins
of Caesarea show Tyche-Astarte in the center,
possibly flanked by Demeter on the left and
Dionysos on the right. (Kadman, pp. 53 f.)
Truncated conical shape.
8.5 x 10mm 1.08gm. Axis:180
v-drome
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BCC LT27Lead Tessera
Caesarea Maritima
Obv: Figure advancing to right,
carrying short staff in left hand,
holding out right hand. Uncertain object
at feet. (Dionysos with thyrsus and Panther?).
Rev: Bust of Serapis to right?
10x10mm. 0.71gm. Axis:0
v-drome
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BCC Lt32 and BCC Lt33Lead Tessera
Late Roman 1st-4th cent.
Obv: Bust of Serapis or Zeus
Heliopolites? to right.
Rev: Figure standing left, arm draped,
uncertain object at feet. (Dionysus with
panther?)
Lt32: 10mm. 0.98gm. Axis:330
Lt33: 9x8mm. 0.9gm. Axis:330
v-drome
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Bithynia, Nikaia, Geta, Münzzentrum Rheinland 2011 no.273Geta as Caesar, AD 198-209
AE 14, 1.39g, 14.14mm, 180°
obv. GETAC - KAICAR
Bare head r.
rev. NIK - [AIEWN]
Young Dionysos on panther riding r., holding thyrsos and kantharos
ref.: not in Rec.Gen.; not in BMC, SNG Copenhagen, SNG von Aulock
1 ex. in Münzzentrum Rheinland Lagerliste August 2011, no. 273; 1 ex. coll. Arminius
very rare, F
Jochen
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Bithynia, Tion, Trajan, Rec.Gen.II, 28 varTrajan, AD 98-117
AE 27, 11.47g, 26.8mm, 210°
obv. AVT NER TRAIANOC - KAICAR CEB GER
Bust, laureate, r.
rev. DIONYCOC - K - T - ICT TIANWN
Dionysos, wearing himation and wreathed, stg. frontal, head l., holding in l. hand filleted
thyrsos decorated with pine-cones on both ends and in lowered r. hand
kantharos; on his l. side a panther std. l., looking up to him.
Rec. Gen. II, p.620, 28 var., pl. CVII, 2 (has DINYCOC!)
F+/about VF, nice green patina
2 commentsJochen
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bmc---2Elagabalus
Laodicea ad Mare, Syria

Obv: [IMP C M AV]R ANTONINVS [AVG], radiate head right.
Rev: LAVDI..., Dionysus standing left, nude but for drapery over shoulder, holding cantharus over panther in right hand, thyrsus in left.
18 mm, 4.69 gms

BMC –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Hunterian –; Mionnet V 798.

From Themis Numismatics, Auction 7, lot 732.
Charles M
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bmc192Elagabalus
Berytos, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, Laureate cuirassed bust right.
Rev: COLIV L A VGFEL→BER, tetrastyle temple surmounted by statue of figure riding panther to right, Maryas under central arch.
31 mm, 15.66 gms


BMC 192, SNG Cop 116
Charles M
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bmc192Elagabalus
Berytos, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right..
Rev: COLIV L AVG FEL →BER. Tetrastyle gateway, with central arch surmounted by figure with raised hand and riding lion or panther right, and containing figure of Marsyas standing right on basis, holding wine skin over shoulder.
28 mm, 13.83 gms


BMC 192
Charles M
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bmc195Elagabalus
Berytos, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right..
Rev: COLIV L A VGFEL →BER. Tetrastyle gateway, with central arch surmounted by figure with raised hand and riding lion or panther right, and containing figure of Marsyas standing right on basis, holding wine skin over shoulder.
26 mm, 13.00 gms


BMC 195
1 commentsCharles M
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bmc196Elagabalus
Berytos, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right..
Rev: COLIV L A VGFEL →BER. Tetrastyle gateway, with central arch surmounted by figure with raised hand and riding lion or panther right, and containing figure of Marsyas standing right on basis, holding wine skin over shoulder.
29 mm, 15.70 gms


BMC 196
Charles M
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bmc199Elagabalus
Berytos, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES M AVR ANTONINVS AVG, Laureate cuirassed bust right, countermark.
Rev: COLIV L [A VGFEL]→BER, tetrastyle temple surmounted by figure riding panther to right, Maryas under central arch.
25 mm, 11.26 gms


BMC 199, SNG Cop 116
Charles M
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bmc406Elagabalus
Tyre, Phoenicia

Obv: IMP CAES M AV ANTONINVS AVG, Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Elagabalus to right, seen from behind. .
Rev: TVRIORVM, Dionysos standing front, head to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and thyrsos in his left; at feet to left, panther; to left, trophy between two captives; to upper left, star; to lower right, murex shell.
27 mm, 13.23 gms

BMC 406
Charles M
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C.VIBIUS VARUS.AR denarius. 42 BC. 3,78 grs. Head of Liber right,wearing ivy wreath / Panther left springing up towards garlanded altar on which rests mask and against which rests thyrsus. VARVS to right. In exergue C.VIBIVS.
Crawford 494/36. RSC Vibia 24.
1 commentsbenito
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CaracallaANTONINVS PIVS AVG
Laureate head of Caracalla right

LAETITIA TEMPORVM
The spina of the Circus Maximus decorated as a ship facing l., with the turning posts at its prow and stern, a sail mounted on the central obelisk, and the spina's other monuments visible in between; above the ship, four quadrigas racing l.; below, seven animals: an ostrich at l. and bear at r.; between them a lion and a lioness chasing a wild ass and a panther attacking a bison.

Rome 206 AD

3.34g

Ex-Londinium coins, Ex Professor K.D. White with original envelope.

Sear 6813, RIC 157, BMCRE 257, CSS 793

Very rare! Only 2 examples in the Reka Devnia hoard

Better in hand

Notes by Curtis Clay:

This famous type commemorates the chariot races and animal hunt that took place on the seventh and final day of Severus' Saecular Games in 204 AD, as described in the inscriptional acts of those games which were found in Rome in the 1870s and 1930s. According to the acts, after three days of sacrifices and three days of honorary stage shows, Severus and Caracalla held circus games on the seventh day, consisting of chariot races and then a hunt of 700 beasts, 100 each of "lions, lionesses, panthers, bears, bisons, wild asses, ostriches". Dio Cassius describes the same hunt, adding the detail that the cage from which the animals were discharged was formed like a boat: "The entire receptacle in the theater had been fashioned in the shape of a boat and was capable of receiving or discharging four hundred beasts at once; and then, as it suddenly fell apart, there came rushing forth bears, lionesses, panthers, lions, ostriches, wild asses, bisons, so that 700 beasts in all, both wild and domesticated, at one and the same time were seen running about and were slaughtered. For to correspond with the duration of the festival, which lasted seven days, the number of the animals was also seven times one hundred." In Dio's text this passage follows directly on his account of Severus' Decennalian Games in 202 AD, causing scholars to accuse Dio of misdating the hunt or to postulate that similar hunts of 700 animals were held both in 202 and in 204. But the true explanation, in my opinion, is that Dio's Byzantine epitimator Xiphilinus, on whom we are dependent for this section of Dio's text, has simply jumped without warning or transition from Dio's description of the Decennalian Games of 202 to his description of the circus spectacle concluding the Saecular Games of 204. This hypothesis easily explains why Dio's text as we have it makes no mention of the Saecular Games themselves or of any event of 203: Xiphilinus omitted this whole section of Dio's history! The seven kinds of animals named by both Dio and the inscriptional acts are also depicted in the coin type: on good specimens, especially the aureus BM pl. 34.4, the ostrich and the bear are clear, the lion has a mane, the ass has long ears, the bison has horns and a hump. Two large felines remain, of which we may suppose that the one accompanying the lion is the lioness and the one attacking the bison is the panther. The animals are named somewhat differently in Cohen, BMC, and other numismatic works: though numismatists have long cited Dio's text to explain the coin type, no one previously seems to have posed the question whether the seven animals in the lower part of the type might not be the same seven that Dio and now the inscriptional acts too name! These circus games with the ship and 700 animals were held in 204 AD, but the coin type commemorating them did not appear until two years later: on aurei of Septimius the type is die linked to a dated type of 206 AD, and for Caracalla the type passes from a draped and cuirassed obverse type on the aureus to the "head only" type on his denarii, a transition that took place in 206 AD according to his dated coins.


SOLD October 2014
11 commentsJay GT4
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Caracalla - Amblada198-211 AD
laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right from behind
M AV ANTƱ__NEINOC
Dionysos standing half left, holding cantharos and thyrsos; panther to the left, head right; Pan standing to the right, holding pedum
AMBΛAΔEƱ_N ΛAKEΔAI
von Aulock Pisidiens, 134-5; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Pfälzer V, 6.
5,9g 23mm
ex Bucephalus
J. B.
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caracallathraceaugustatrajana002Caracalla
Augusta Trajana, Thrace

Obv: AVT M AVPH ANTΩNINOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind; cuirass decorated with gorgoneion.
Rev: AYΓOYCTHC TPAIANHC, Dionysos standing front, head to left, holding kantharos in his right hand and thyrsos in his left; at feet to left, panther seated left.
30 mm, 17.39 grams

Varbanov 1119

Purchased from Leu Numismatik Web Auction 11, lot 1254
Charles M
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Caria, Trapezopolis, Pseudo-autonomous Æ22. AD 130-276.Obv: ΔHMOC TΡAΠEZOΠOΛITΩN, laureate and draped bust of Demos right.
Rev: ΔΙΑ Μ ΚΑΡ ΚΛΑΥΔΙΑΝΟΥ, Dionysos, naked, standing left, holding kantharos and thyrsos, panther at foot left.
Magistrate Marcus Ulpius Carminius Claudianus
BMC 1; Kurth Demos 838; Kurth Dionysos 270; RPC IV.2, 2739
ancientone
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Cilicia, Anemurium. Trajan Decius AE25Obv: ΑΥ ΚΑΙ Κ ΔƐΚΙΟΝ ΤΡΑΙΑΝΟΝ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Decius, r., seen from rear.
Rev: ƐΤ Α ΑΝƐΜΟΥΡΙƐⲰΝ, Dionysus standing l., holding cantharus over panther and thyrsus.
RPC IX, 1313
ancientone
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CILICIA, Corycus. Valerian ICILICIA, Corycus. Valerian I. AD 253-260. Æ (29mm, 17.00 g, 5h). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Dionysus standing left, holding grape bunch over panther and thyrsus; in left field, table carrying prize crown inscribed [ΘEMIA] and containing a caduceus, palm, and aplustre. SNG France 1122 (same dies); SNG Levante 820 (same dies). Good Fine, green patina, roughness. 1 commentsecoli
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Cilicia, Hieropolis-Kastabala, Septimius Severus, SNG Levante 1589Septimius Severus, AD 193-211
AE 30, 15.97g
obv. AVT KAI L C - EP CEVHROC PER CE
Emperor in military cloak and wearing parazonium(?), stg. l., resting with l. hand on
spear and holding in outstretched r. hand Nike on globe, holding wreath and
palm-branch
rev. IE - ROPOLI - TWN KACTABALEW - N
Bust of young Dionysos, wearing ivy wreath and clad in panther skin, r.,
thyrsos over l. shoulder and vine-grape before.
SNG Levante 1589; SNG Paris 2339
about VF, corrosion in upper field of obv.

It's interesting that here the portrait is not the emperor's. Therefore I think it's on the rev.!
Jochen
Irenopolis2.jpg
Cilicia, Irenopolis. Valerian AE28Obv: AYT K Π ΛI OYAΛEΡINOC CE EY, radiate, cuirassed bust right.
Rev: EIΡHNOΠOΛITΩN H CΓ (CΓ retrograde), Dionysos, holding kantharos and thyrsos, standing in a facing biga of panthers.
RPC X, — (unassigned; ID 60329)
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